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Not everyone needs a welding turntable. But there came a time where I needed one bad.
When I started my welding business side hustle, within a few months, I started getting orders for hundreds of small stainless round parts.
I did the first few by hand and I could see right away I needed a more efficient process to speed up the welding as well as to make the welds prettier.
I didn’t have much money so I made a crude turntable out of an old bike…and powered it with a variable speed drill with a hose clamp on the trigger to adjust speed.
Since that first DIY bicycle turntable I have used several different turntables and positioners.
So this video compares 2 of my older turntables to a newer model MK cobraturn.
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Your arc shots are still the best in class.
Just want to say that I started out a few years ago as a student in a trade school and like most other students, that is where we were introduced to your videos. You have provided me with more of a foundation than any of my instructors, thank you for your commitment to educating upcoming welders. Thanks to you, I am now a rig welder.
I take no offense to your comment and the answer is simple really. School gave me a booth, a welding machine, materials, consumables and time. That’s what the money paid for. The instructors…, some of them were great. However, like many places you will go in life… if there’s an easy, well paying job, the people that deserve it aren’t going to be the ones that have it. The people that know the right people and the right things to say to gain favor will have those jobs. Two years on the job and I now have more actual experience than (most of) those who ‘taught me’ in school. Do I regret going to school? No. Do I suggest going to school? No. In my opinion, on the job training is the best form of education you can get. You will learn from industry leading professionals much faster than you will trying to figure it out on your own. Kind of like watching Jody explain everything and trying to emulate him.
If you really pay attention you can learn more watching these videos and practicing yourself rather than going to welding school.
Love the videos Jody. You’re the Bob Ross of welding videos.
just to say,its nice to move on from drilling holes then using nut and bolt to join metals, or using pop rivet, In my younger days I was a sheet metal fabricater forming soldering copper, I moved into another skill as a steel fabricater as they just started me to weld I fell and damaged my wrist `I left to become a rail track layer some years after so my welding days never really got started, 30 years on and over 50 and always being the first to get hands on to repair, but never picked welding up after the accident But watching your earlyier video`s got me arc welding , then mig and now tig, just to say THANK YOU🙂
I'm going through re-watching lots of your old vids, decent stainless and ally welds are the goal, thank you for all the real world info and advice👌
I've had my MK t-260 for about 1.5 years now and absolutely worth every penny. Use it pretty much everyday.
I think what you have done and brought to the welding on you tube is out of this world think really highly of tips and tricks and Weldmonger thank you for all you have done
Always great knowledge Jody. Much appreciated. Thanks for having such an awesome user friendly app too. I’m a frequent user and have always been very satisfied.
I just recently found your channel and wanted to thank you. I have really enjoyed your videos. I have been welding for about 15 yrs now but I have just got into tig welding finally the past year. Just wanted to say thanks your videos are great.
thanx Jody good to see you posting 😁👍
Jippii and wow, hello Jody. Awesome video again, more such videos, I do look at them all and every time I get some new things to know. Greetings from Finland.
We had very large powered tilt ones at my old job. Especially useful for fixing machine shop screw ups where you need to do long beads of stacked build-up. We had clipped an old plug off of a whip for the wire feeder and hooked a toggle switch to it for an easy on/off. We also had monster sub arc tank rolls and dual positioners that could fit a 6m x 6m vessel under the head.
Wow 👌 👏 awesome job Jody. Like the good old days, demo equipment, busting out the Dynasty, talking about gadgets and techniques that help....so great to see! Inspiring to me, cuz your videos hot me into TIG to begin with. I used to watch these all day every day. There are some channels that carry the torch well, but nothing beats good ol Jody when it comes to quality content. 👌 thankyou!
Thanks for sharing with us Jody, lots of great information in your videos. It is appreciated. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻
Thanks again Jody. I like the clear cups when i have to use a mirror to see where i am welding. They work great when you are welding the backside of an M bracket on a pontoon boat for example. They are fragile, you should sell a torch rest/stand with them. If they are hot and you knock something they are then broken. Without your videos I doubt I would be welding for my customers. It's been a good trip
I always enjoy ur videos. Thank you for always sharing 😍
Thanks for pointing out the clutch - I'm building one and it's a great idea that I'm adding to my build ! I'm going to use it for turbo exhaust manifolds and spinning it around quickly to centre it will make it a lot quicker and convenient to use !!
Super handy! I have to put some 3/4” wall tube to mount some hay spears…about a 6 tonne dynamic load on each lift hundreds of times per day for weeks at a time. Thanks for great video training.
They use those Manfroto arms and clamps on the Space Station and used on the Shuttle.....I bought one in 1985 when living in Hollywood and being a commercial Photographer, the Clamp I first encountered back in 1977....so they have been around a long time.....great product...Cheers Jody
I use a smaller Cobra Turn for lots of the work I do at Fox Racing, and I can say for a fact that it's worth the money. Incredibly smooth and consistent, and a great top plate for mounting all sorts of chucks. Mine is the one with the foot pedal.
Pretty awesome to see you using a “magic arm”.. I’ve been using them for years to hold stuff in position… and as a support for me when using the turntable… the camera dept. in our film industry cant believe I would use the camera specific device for welding procedures… LOL..
Thanks so much Jody, all my tig gear I bought from you is great, especially the gloves.....Cheers from Orlando, Paul
Great to hear! thank you
I used a positioned/rotator to tig and mig industrial cats. Up to 12-20inches in diameter and my god it was so easy and efficient!
Thank you from Morocco( North Africa )
I use my shooting tripod and my game changer rear bag. Rock solid platform and adjusts to about any position.
Great stuff as always
Thank you for giving me a lot of knowledge I come from Việt Nam 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳
Here is a project for you.. Pick up a treadmill for free.. Usually in the Spring. Pull the board out and that will be a PWM controller.. Chances are (assuming your single speed positioner has a DC motor) that PWM controller will drive the motor you have.. Add a rheostat and voila you are back in business. I have added variable speed drive to my Chinese lathe, mill and drill press.. But I used the treadmill motor as those machines were single speed AC motors so would not work with the PWM controller. Its only certain treadmill models that work easily as they have the speed control built into the board.. Others do not and thats a little more complicated. Let me know if you want to do this at some point and I can help you select the right treadmill from Craigslist.
I made my table with a $40 Chevy truck front wheel bearing assembly, go-kart chain and a small 12v gearhead motor. I use a Milwaukee 12v tool battery. It all works slick. I have however gotten lazy and half blind so I actually attach the torch to a stand like your camera prop and weld away. I can manually move the stand base if needed.
1 millon.. coming soon pro welder..big wishes
Don't forget about the tig finger I don't do any TIG work but it works wonders when you working in tight quarters with a cutting torch
Great Video to learn From !!!
Very good video! Thank you Jody.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you Jody for this video. Greetings from Spain
Send that broken weld positioner to This Old Tony. He'll send you back a space shuttle.
That MK Positioner is very nice. Great video on it. You da man bro.
Appreciate it Brad
great video
Thanks for the information.
Beautiful beautiful thanks 🙏
I like all your videos.
Thanks for the Id on torch kits I have been to your store and purchased several things very happy with products Marvin Paris Tn
SO NICE
Gracias maestro hacia días no sabía nada de ti me encanta tus vídeos y ojalá pudiera traducirlas al Español👌👌
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Thanks Jody
Would like too see a video on aluminum mitered corners, given the current economy, I'm using scrap from an old pontoon boat and its given me fits, especially when there is a crack in the mitered corner. Would like to see some recovery welds on this stuff that is not perfect. Alpha tig 200, 9 size cup. Miter cut with diablo metal cutting blade .Playing with settings. Would like to see you weld non perfect stuff. Love the tig finger by the way.
Missed seeing you at Fabtech this year! Met up with JD, always great to see him but missed out on Jody! Saw that CK MT200 tig machine too, dang it’s nice. Will be placing my order for one through your site when that time comes. Blessings to the Weldmonger team!
thanks..hope to see you at the next fabtech
Magnetic bases for dial indicators can make good steady rests. Some very similar but not as big as that Manfroto - but a lot cheaper. Search for "mag base indicator"
You devil you finally put out a video about torch type the one I got from you fits my torch fine I got lucky without knowing exactly what torture I got Hopi Hopi Hopi Hopi
Used those cobra turns at an aerospace shop I worked at for years. Definitely speeds up the process when you have hundreds of parts to weld. Only problem with them is the boards go out quite often. Can’t even start to tell you how many times we had to send them back to mk. Awfully expensive too, but ultimately worth buying if you can afford one.
Curious what the board failure mode is. I bet it could be repaired.
I just had my company get me one of those t-260's I requested it to be purchased from your site though not sure if they did. But the thing is great. Super smooth and very slow.
I love my T-250! That ground lug is definitely an upgrade.
Good sharing
Thanks
Hello Sir, ive only watched 2 so far but it seems like you make great, detailed, informative video. Congratulations. I have some experience with mig and tig from a trade course that i did and i would like to start welding Stainless steel as a hobby at home here in Montreal. If i may ask, which would you recommend, mig or tig? Thank you
Turntables are sweet, so much more consistency. Helps when you're too lazy to walk around as well 🤔
Can you make a video on a rollout stainless steel pipe using .045 mig root and .045 flux fill and cap?
Tig is fineness
Am a welder but to Judy it’s the best welder that I see in internet, and always used dynasty 200 or 280 ,made in America and made to last MILLER RRRRRR founder by Niels miller
Спасибо за видео
So I've always wondered about turntables. If the ground can't be run straight to the chuck doesn't the load pass through the bearings themselves or are there ground brushes of some sort? I'd think overtime the bearings would get arc burns and not run smoothly.
I've done it, but with a manual turner (think Lazy Susan turntable); the bearings became scorched enough to begin dragging.
The arc zone i have has brushes
Which welding machine do you use
hi, does the turn table have a reverse? im left handed so turning anti-clockwise wouldnt work for me! cheers
Good jab sir i laick sir
Does the piece not expand and get stuck in the jaws?
You are an argon welding artist, is there any work for you in the workshop please
Please next vedio for stick weld
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I have that Mk Cobra Turn at my work and try to weld a 26" diameter aluminum barrel with it but need to skow down a lot cuz I want my welds to look uniform and the 0.1 rpm is still too fast. please help. already emailed the manufacturer and still no reply after a week
Can you do a 6GR Flux video
Rpm to use = welding travel speed you want * 60sec /(pi* part diameter). And you don't have to guess anymore. The ultimate Cadillac product could have 2 settings a) Diameter b) Travel speed: to make it super easy and repeatable.
thats a good point but after years of manual welding different processes, I dont think I every actually knew exactly what travel speed I needed until I used a positioner.
I've always thought that they fab these out of old rotisserie chicken turners...?
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Hey man any new vids?
Where do i get a turntable? I have a welding business... Hoping to earn enough to test for CWI certs
got my first two on ebay.
@@weldingtipsandtricks thank u ... I'll check ebay
Hello . Do you also ship to Europe. Greetings from Poland.
yes for most items but this positioner only drop ships to USA. you would need to find a dealer in UK
Surprised at the equipment now days. Kinda takes the skill out of the process but probably really helps with people that would always be marginal with their skills.
You’d think a welder would just make the key longer?
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Great video Jody, what power source were you using? 210 or 280DX?
for this vid i used the 280dx
@@weldingtipsandtricks thought so, I love that machine! 👍🏼🤙🏼
Quit with the salesman thing. We want to see you welding Jody. We all know you sell the best stuff.
Boards tends to burn out and wire on pedal not that sturdy (old school telephone cord).
I have the skills but no idea how to quote jobs
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Very nice turntable, but the price!!!😕
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Unreal Cosmic price for that :(
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Dude that’s almost $4000 turntable……
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